Separator.



M. GANTS & 0. w. BROWN.

SEPARATOR. APPLICATION FILED JUNE \2. 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARIA. GANTS AN'D OSCAR WILSON BROWN, OF ABILENE; KANSAS.

' SEPARATOR.

a machine in which the blades or wings will press the pulp outward through a fora-m1-- nous cylinder, accommodating themselves to the irregularities produced as they encounter the seeds and stones and pass over the same.

Another object is to provide for the separation of parts of the machine so that it" may be readily cleaned.

Other object will appear in the following specification and claims, and reference is made to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a central vertical section of the strainer complete, showing it as mounted within areceptacle which latter appears in dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a plan view with the support broken away and the main shaft in section.

Upper and lower rings 1 and 2 are connected by four upright posts 3 having their upper ends threaded at 4: for the reception of thumb nuts 5, and the lOWer ring carries a perforated bottom plate 6 provided with a step bearing 7 at its center. This constitutes a skeleton framework into which removably fit the remaining elements of the body. First a perforated cylinder 8 is slipped down from above, its upper end being then flush with the top of the upper ring. Then a support is applied. It consists of a bar 9 slotted as at 10 for the reception of'the reduced upper ends of the posts, having a hole 11 at its center, and preferably having a handle 12 hinged at 13 to one end. The bar is somewhat longer than the diameter of an ordinary bucket or similar receptacle, indicated at B in Fig. 1 and the purpose of the handle is to enable the operator to steady the framework during. the operation of the machine as de-.

scribed below. 7,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Ratented Jan. 7, 1919.

Application filed June-1 2, 1918. Senia1:N0.=.239;552.

A- haftQO is stepped at its lower end in the bearing 7, j ournaled near its upper end in the hole '11,. and above the bar it is cranked ;.as shown at 21, although other means may ':be provided for rotating it. This shaft carries upper and lower spiders 22 and 23, the latter preferably having four arms as shown, and upright rods 24 connect opposite arms of the twospiders On these rods arehingedly mounted upright blades or wings-25-, widertha-n the distance from the rods to the. inner 'faceo'f the cylinder so that the blades are forced to stand oblique; and springs 26 bear their outer edges ever into yielding contact with the cylinder. To

:theremaining arms of the lower spider are hinged horizontal blades or wings 27, also standing oblique to the perforated bottom 6, and springs 28 press their free edges constantly thereon. The direction of rotation is indicated by the arrow in Fig. 2.

With the above construction of parts, the material to be treated is put into the cylinder with the parts assembled, and the whole supported by laying the bar '8 across a bucket or other receptacle, one hand being employed in holding the framework steady by means of the handle. The crank is grasped in the other hand and rotated, and

this causes the blades to move within the oylinder, their outer and free edges forcing the pulp against the perforated wall and bottom and through the apertures therein,

although the blades will yield in passing over stones, seeds, pits, etc, as will be understood. In cling-stone peaches, for instance, the meat is difficult to remove from thestone or pit, but this apparatus performs that service quite neatly and efli ciently, and the meat or pulp is expressed through the perforations, and caught in the receptacle. The seeds are then removed,

and another charge treated in the same manner. p

The part are of the desired sizes and materials. It is quite possible to supply 'cylinders with each outfit having holes of differ ent sizes, to be selectively employed accord.- ing to the fruit being treated. We call the machine a separator because it separates the meat from the stones, etc; and do not wish to be limitedin any respect as to its construction and use, save .as set forth in the claims below. 7 What we claim as new 1s 'l.'Ina separator, the combination with a skeleton framework, a perforated cylinder and perforated bottom plate therein, and

means for supporting the whole; of an up-.

right shaft mounted centrally in said cylinder,. means for imparting rotary motion thereto, spiders carried by the shaft, blades hinged to the spiders with their outer edges coacting with the perforated walls, and other blades carried by the lower spider with their outer edges coaeting with the bottom plate, for the purpose set forth.

2. In a separator, the combination with a pair of superposed rings, upright posts connecting them and threaded at their upper ends, a supporting bar having slots for the passage of two of said threaded end and a hole between them, nuts on the projecting threaded ends, a perforated bottom plate beneath the lower ring, a step bearing thereon, and a perforated cylinder within the posts and extending from said plateto said bar; of a shaft journaled in said bearing and hole, means at its upper end for imparting rotary motion thereto, and an agitator carried by the shaft within the cylinder, for the purpose set forth.

3. In a separator, the combinationwith an upright perforated cylinder and perforated bottom, and means for supporting it from above; of a central rotary shaft journaled in the cylinder, upper and lower spiders fast On the shaft, rods connecting the outer ends of opposite arms, two uprightblades hinged on said rods and inclining rearward with their free edges toward the cylinder, two horizontal blades hinged to arms of the lower spider and similarly inclined toward the bottom, and springs throwing the free edges of all blades outward, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures.

MARIA GANTS. OSCAR WILSON BROWN.

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Washington, D. 0. 

